ASIS for Botox in Cervical Dystonia

Summary

Botox acts on nerve endings, yet there are no nerve endings inside the muscle, where they are typically injected. All nerves terminate on the fascia, where ASIS device can precisely deliver Botox by creating that subdermal bloodless space, between the skin and muscle. Thus enhancing and prolonging Botox's efficacy, at the same time prevent it's unnecessary adverse reactions and distant spread, especially since Botox has no reason to travel to the rest of the body any way.

Timeline

Start

2016-01

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2017-06

Publications

• Background Lorenc ZP, Kenkel JM, Fagien S, Hirmand H, Nestor MS, Sclafani AP, Sykes JM, Waldorf HA. A review of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox). Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Mar;33(1 Suppl):9S-12S. doi: 10.1177/1090820X12474629.
• Background Knopp MV, Balzer T, Esser M, Kashanian FK, Paul P, Niendorf HP. Assessment of utilization and pharmacovigilance based on spontaneous adverse event reporting of gadopentetate dimeglumine as a magnetic resonance contrast agent after 45 million administrations and 15 years of clinical use. Invest Radiol. 2006 Jun;41(6):491-9. doi: 10.1097/01.rli.0000209657.16115.42.
• Background Velickovic M, Benabou R, Brin MF. Cervical dystonia pathophysiology and treatment options. Drugs. 2001;61(13):1921-43. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200161130-00004.
• Background Claypool DW, Duane DD, Ilstrup DM, Melton LJ 3rd. Epidemiology and outcome of cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) in Rochester, Minnesota. Mov Disord. 1995 Sep;10(5):608-14. doi: 10.1002/mds.870100513.
• Background Tiderington E, Goodman EM, Rosen AR, Hapner ER, Johns MM 3rd, Evatt ML, Freeman A, Factor S, Jinnah HA. How long does it take to diagnose cervical dystonia? J Neurol Sci. 2013 Dec 15;335(1-2):72-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.08.028. Epub 2013 Aug 30.
• Background Albanese A, Sorbo FD, Comella C, Jinnah HA, Mink JW, Post B, Vidailhet M, Volkmann J, Warner TT, Leentjens AF, Martinez-Martin P, Stebbins GT, Goetz CG, Schrag A. Dystonia rating scales: critique and recommendations. Mov Disord. 2013 Jun 15;28(7):874-83. doi: 10.1002/mds.25579.
• Background Evidente VG, Fernandez HH, LeDoux MS, Brashear A, Grafe S, Hanschmann A, Comella CL. A randomized, double-blind study of repeated incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin((R))) in cervical dystonia. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2013 Dec;120(12):1699-707. doi: 10.1007/s00702-013-1048-3. Epub 2013 Jun 19.
• Background Leplow B, Bottcher M, Schonfeld R. [Botulinum toxin therapy for spasmodic torticollis: medical and non-medical adjunct treatment]. Nervenarzt. 2013 Apr;84(4):493-7. doi: 10.1007/s00115-012-3708-1. German.
• Background Vivancos-Matellano F, Ybot-Gorrin I, Diez-Tejedor E. A 17-year experience of abobotulinumtoxina in cervical dystonia. Int J Neurosci. 2012 Jul;122(7):354-7. doi: 10.3109/00207454.2012.665971. Epub 2012 Mar 20.

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